Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ وَعَفَّانُ الْمَعْنَى وَهَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ يَزِيدَ لَمْ يَخْتَلِفُوا فِي الْإِسْنَادِ وَالْمَعْنَى قَالَا أَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ الْعَدَوِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنَا مُعَاذَةُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْعَدَوِيَّةُ قَالَتْ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا تَفْنَى أُمَّتِي إِلَّا بِالطَّعْنِ وَالطَّاعُونِ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا الطَّعْنُ قَدْ عَرَفْنَاهُ فَمَا الطَّاعُونُ قَالَ غُدَّةٌ كَغُدَّةِ الْبَعِيرِ الْمُقِيمُ بِهَا كَالشَّهِيدِ وَالْفَارُّ مِنْهَا كَالْفَارِّ مِنْ الزَّحْفِ.
English Translation
Mu'adhah bint Abdullah al-Adawiyyah said: I went in to see Aisha, and she said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "My nation will not perish except by war and plague." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, we already know of war, but what is the plague?" He said, "A swelling like the swelling of a camel; whoever remains steadfast where it strikes is like a martyr, and whoever flees from it is like one who flees from the battlefield."